Ben

@Xerecs: Indeed, one of the ships in The Hourly Campaign has Loa’s Protection I believe.  Is Ehlek a loa from real life Voodoo or a custom you made that references the loa?

On a flavor level, this might have some implications for stuff that JWDarkhurst and I have been working on.

Ooo nice, looking forward to it.  I have missed this thread a bit t…[Read more]

Introducing: The Loa
Relevant flavor from Wizkids game pieces:

DJC Papa Doc: Papa Doc discovered that he can possess both the dead and living, and he has set his gaze upon the purity that is Josephine Godiva. For if he makes her his one hundredth soul, he will have the power to take on the loa themselves.

RtSS Papa Doc: When Duc de Valois failed…[Read more]

Maybe in some future we’ll be able to make graphene ships with masts that don’t break upon assembly.

If you can afford the sticker shock, there is complete sets galore right now.  After selling complete sets of DJC and OE for $500 each, this seller has CC, BC, and Caribbean available.  Classic community member relvar99 has CC and FN up in addition to some other rare stuff.

Another idea for a multi-layered table: treasure chests or gold in the ground.  Must take island off table and there is gold in a hole underneath.  If entire table was like that (maybe a grid of squares or hexes to put things in?), could also use it for mines, submerged stuff, etc.  This would require a unique table that had enough thickness, an…[Read more]

Today is the one year anniversary of my Legend of the Giant Turtle game!  One of the more memorable games I’ve played.  😀

You could do something similar with Pirates where after so many turns, everyone starts rolling a die/dice at the end of their turn. If anyone hits the specific target, the game ends.

Certainly an interesting idea, and dramatic.  Could result in more desperate tactics earlier in games with a less predictable ending.

Though part of the reason I…[Read more]

Sorry, I clicked edit on your post instead of reply.

No problem, though you should be able to go back a page without saving/submitting a post edit.

I think a better wording for the second part would be something like this:

“Unloading would still be a free action, but it wouldn’t happen automatically.  While docked, the player could choose when…

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From the Rules survey:

Do you think all standard treasure coins should be automatically unloaded when docking at a home island or fort?

Unloading would still be a free action, but players would get to choose which treasures to unload when docking at home.

Is this confusing?  I feel like the note below the question contradicts the question, but I…[Read more]

Seeing 2 auctions at $500 right now along with other goodies like a punched Guichuan.

The latest in CG4!  The Pirate fleet continues to grow (this time with quality not quantity) and the Cursed make an interesting decision!  😀

So thank you to Ben for entertaining me during some long downtimes at work.

Thank you for joining the site!  Welcome aboard.

I also may have placed a sizable order for more Pirates from eBay.

Huzzah for more Pirates stuff!!  😀

@Woelf: Glad I’ve been playing it right all this time then! 🙂

If an Eternal ship’s oarsman is cancelled, I assume you can roll to scuttle the ship that turn? If rolled successfully, would the ship be placed at the HI via Eternal even on the turn after when the oarsman became “active” again?

I assume Necklace of the Sky is placed face down when…[Read more]

Ahoy Genaro!

Good timing, another new member is also in Michigan!  🙂

My favorite faction was the Barbary Corsairs because I found the ships so beautiful. Carthage, and  the Asesino De La Nave were my rarest ships, and thus my prized pieces. I have, however, recently acquired a collection from a local marketplace that has increased my c…

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Things like the mentioned scenario happen fairly frequently in my Summer games, although it’s usually about rights to dock and trade with another faction at a trading port. A few times military help is offered, most recently in 2019 the Americans attempted to recruit the French and English to work together to take on the Spanish (eventual second p…

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Apologies if I’ve already asked this before.  Embarrassed to admit I’ve never fully understood how it works.

Sargasso sea timing:

If the Sargasso Sea’s rating is more than the number of masts or segments, the game piece is tangled in the weeds and might not be able to move.

If a game piece is tangled, you can use its action for the turn to try…

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BROKEN, PUNCHED Zeus at $162.50 with almost 4 days to go!!  (as we enter one of the worst recessions on record)  O_O    Sometimes this game has impressive staying power!!